Forget Sailboats. Here’s Why We Chose a Trawler for Full-Time Boat Life.
We love sailboats but we chose a power boat to live on in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s why we made that decision.
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I Gave Up the Trading Pits of Chicago For a Sailboat on the Open Ocean. Here’s Why I Left Everything Behind.
I’ve spent twenty years living aboard a sailboat — circumnavigating the globe, trading stocks from remote anchorages, and raising kids who learned to swim before they learned to read.
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We Snapped Our Rudder 2,700 Miles From Land. With Our Family Onboard. Here’s What We Did Next.
(This is a post by Shona Fothergill, Sailing with Six) Eight days after leaving Panama for French Polynesia, our rudder snapped in the middle of…
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I’m 50 and I Live in a Minivan. One $1,700 Emergency Changed the Way I Think About Freedom.
The morning in Lassen was one of the hardest days I’ve had on the road. It was also the day the most important financial system I’ve ever built was born.
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9 Things That Surprised Us When We Moved Aboard Our Sailboat Full-Time
From constant boat projects to weather shaping every decision, life afloat is a mix of challenge, rhythm, and small joys. Here are the unexpected lessons Jaclyn and Mark discovered after leaving land life behind.
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7 Salty Rules We Learned the Hard Way at Sea (And That You Should Know, Too!)
When you live full-time on a sailboat, the ocean becomes your teacher — and she doesn’t hand out participation trophies.
Here’s a taste of what she taught us:
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We Spend €1,600 Monthly Living on Our Sailboat in Greece (How We Make it Work)
Eddie and Kelli are living their dream on a 29-foot sailboat. Here’s their budget breakdown.
